In San Diego, 16 people have died from Hepatitis A in the last few months and over 400 have contracted the disease. Hepatitis A is a virus that attacks the liver, and it spreads fairly easily in the right circumstances. Here’s what you need to know.

On Friday, FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb announced some new cigarette and vaping regulations that the agency will put into place over the next few months or years. One of the biggest: the addictive component of cigarettes will have to go away.

Angelina Jolie revealed in a Vanity Fair interview that she developed Bell’s palsy last year, causing paralysis on one side of her face. This condition can come on suddenly, but tends to resolve itself within weeks to months. (Jolie has since recovered.)

Sexually transmitted diseases aren’t rare—half of us will have one at some point in our lives. It’s important to tell your partner if you find out you have one, and this video from Planned Parenthood shows you how.

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration allowed genetic testing service 23andMe to begin marketing tests designed to provide you with risk information regarding several genetic conditions, including Parkinson’s disease, late-onset Alzheimer’s disease, and Celiac disease.

Lyme disease is one the rise, especially on the East coast. And the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention expect it to get worse this year as the weather warms up. Here’s what to do if a tick, the blood-sucking harbinger of the disease, makes a snack out of you.

Doctors have this nasty habit of asking a lot of questions, many of which make us uncomfortable or self-conscious. So we bluff. A lot. Here are 10 typical lies we tell our doctors, and why these seemingly innocuous fibs are hazardous to our health.

Skin infections like MRSA and other illnesses can easily spread in gym and locker room settings. You probably already know to wash up after hitting the gym, but pay special attention to washing your hands. It’s no fun to come down with something avoidable during your pursuit of health.

Have you ever held your breath when someone coughed? Or tried to flush the toilet with your foot? Some of these tricks might help if you do them the right way, but they’re often unnecessary and based mostly in paranoia. Here’s the truth about avoiding germs in everyday life.

If you grew up in the 1990s, you practically absorbed a degree in AIDS studies just by existing—or at least that’s what it felt like. The years since then have brought better tests and treatments, and we now know more about the virus, but that information isn’t common knowledge. HIV and AIDS have fallen off our radar.

There’s a new flu shot every year, to match the particular flu strains floating around. Some years the shot isn’t a good match—like last year, when it was only 23% effective. Even so, the flu shot is still a good bet.

It’s impossible to completely avoid germs, but when you’re trapped with them at 35,000 feet you might want to know where they like to hang out the most. The dirtiest place, it turns out, is right in front of your seat.

The worst food poisoning I ever had was a few days after returning from a weekend vacation with friends. When I finally dragged myself out of the bathroom, an email was waiting for me: “Is everybody else feeling okay? I know our dinner together was a few days ago so I’m sure it’s not that, but I just wanted to check.”

Every year hundreds of thousands of people head to conventions to talk tech, gaming, geek culture, even knitting! By the end, attendees walk out with swag, intel, and sometimes a rather nasty cold. Protect yourself from the infamous “con crud” and leave these gatherings scot free.

As much as you love your pets, there’s still a possibility they can make you sick if you aren’t careful. A recent study explains the potential health risks of pet ownership—particularly for those with weak immune systems—and how you can easily avoid them.